PPSSPP Switch Beta Release

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PPSSPP/Libretro Switch Public Beta by m4xw
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After a lot of work, I am very happy to share this with all of you.
Audio & Video support works, many core options cause Issues tho.

It is mandatory to "Close Content" after changing any Core option and restarting RetroArch, else it will potentially crash, don't close the RetroArch menu!

Special thanks to hrydgard for everything he has done for the PPSSPP Project.
If you want to support his work, consider buying PPSSPP Gold https://central.ppsspp.org/buygold even if you don't use it!

I will PR it once the libretro port is finished, also implemented half of what's needed for a Standalone port ;)
Source is on my Github, but it's highly WIP and needs a custom RA and a custom ffmpeg, so you should just wait if you want to build it yourself ;)

Libretro Docs (important informations for this core):
https://docs.libretro.com/library/ppsspp/
Official Game Compatibility Tracker (your mileage might vary): https://report.ppsspp.org/games

GitHub (WIP Switch): https://github.com/m4xw/ppsspp/
GitHub (Official): https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp

Installation Instructions
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Drag & Drop the "retroarch" folder to the root of your SD, overwriting any file (it will not touch any options).
Assets are bundled, so you don't have to bother with that.

Notes
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If you are using ANY method of loading RetroArch OTHER than Atmosphere's title redirection feature, DO NOT report issues that you encounter.
These issues can skew testing and could very well be caused by loading through an unsupported method.

Video slowdowns are related to missing hardware accelerated decoding (nvdec), it's not a libretro/PPSSPP Issue.
FMV cut-scenes will be fine.

Updates
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Added JIT and JIT Vertex Decoder Support
- When loading Savestates with JIT, make sure to instantly open the RetroArch Menu again and wait for it to complete loading
- This is a libretro specific bug (not switch port related) and will be fixed later on


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-Added Vertex JIT Core option (turning it off fixes some games currently)
-Added Disable slow Framebuffer effects Core option (Speedhack)
-Increased Savestate Chunk size to 4MB (speeds up savestate load, ~2sec)
-Band-Aid for Savestate load + Save (no more opening menu for them to work)
-Renamed "IR JIT" to "IR Interpreter"
-Removed Threaded IO Core option (non-functional)
-Removed Non-Buffered Rendering Core option (non-functional)
-General system stability improvements to enhance the user's experience.

Download Link: <Please use the RetroArch Core updater>
 
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Many Many Thanks @m4xw You've made a dream come true!
I haven't done extensive testing yet, but Crisis Core (cso) works, but upon upscaling in the options, it just kinda crashes but in a way that I need to reboot the switch manually.
I suppose there's no "texture pack" support (nowhere to be found on ppsspp as far as I know)
 

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Many Many Thanks @m4xw You've made a dream come true!
I haven't done extensive testing yet, but Crisis Core (cso) works, but upon upscaling in the options, it just kinda crashes but in a way that I need to reboot the switch manually.
I suppose there's no "texture pack" support (nowhere to be found on ppsspp as far as I know)
It is mandatory to "Close Content" after changing any Core option and restarting RetroArch, else it will potentially crash, don't close the RetroArch menu!
Also enable advanced settings in retroarch & change texture replacement.
Checkout the libretro docs i linked.
 

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If anyone cares about Assassin's Creed Bloodlines it plays fine but don't install it when it asks say no. It seems to corrupt it and keeps it from booting. I couldn't figure out why it worked the first time then not all the other times, it was because of that I had to delete the install. Only the USA version seems to work PAL version just freezes at boot.
 
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Many Many Thanks @m4xw You've made a dream come true!
I haven't done extensive testing yet, but Crisis Core (cso) works, but upon upscaling in the options, it just kinda crashes but in a way that I need to reboot the switch manually.
I suppose there's no "texture pack" support (nowhere to be found on ppsspp as far as I know)
Read the freaking first posting. Dont make people (me) get angry.

edit: Slow to the draw again, other people are much more understanding... *sigh*

I see such a display of "can not get meaning out of text he/she has read", and flip. Basically.
 
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Weird discovery. In the 3rd birthday, at the native 1x resolution (272p) the screen is covered with vertical lines that are obvious post processing artifacts. And they are all gone at 2x resolution and the graphic is now perfect! Isn't that weird?
 
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Weird discovery. In the 3rd birthday, at the native 1x resolution (272p) the screen is covered with vertical lines that are obvious post processing defects. And they are all gone at 2x resolution and the graphic is now perfect! Isn't that weird?
Because why not, right? :P
But it works on my machine
 

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Because why not, right? :P
But it works on my machine
usually super resolution introduces artifacts, not removing them. but yeah anyway the game is perfect at 2x, good news for folks like me who passed on the game back then.
 

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Will this ever be compatible with SXOS down the line?

Since I am running that on 7.0.1. I cannot play any PSP games right now as it constantly crashes for me.
 

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Does anyone know if the ppsspp builds from patron contain proper JIT. The videos I've seen on youtube show proper JIT but the OP says this is still in development.
 
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Does anyone know if the ppsspp builds from patron contain proper JIT. The videos I've seen on youtube show proper JIT but the OP says this is still in development.

Both are true, it contains JIT but it's still in development. It's still a WIP.
 

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Will this ever be compatible with SXOS down the line?

Since I am running that on 7.0.1. I cannot play any PSP games right now as it constantly crashes for me.
It is compatible with sx os but not officially supported. It works fine on v2.6.1. If you're getting crashes the problem must be something else.
 

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It is compatible with sx os but not officially supported. It works fine on v2.6.1. If you're getting crashes the problem must be something else.

Yeah I am running RetroArch on SXOS 2.6.1. Should I do a clean wipe of RetroArch? I am also using RetroArch 1.7.6
 

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